May 30, 2009
Reebok Grand Prix
Ichan Stadium
Randalls Island, NY

Beijing Olympian Suzy Powell (Modesto, CA) led Team ASICS at the Reebok Games with a third place finish in the Discus Throw. Powell, who has finished on the podium in each of her competitions this season, threw the discus 61.34m to secure third place.

Other ASICS athletes who competed in New York were Beijing Olympian April Steiner-Bennett (Springdale, AR), who cleared 4.42m (14' 6") in the Pole Vault to finish in fourth place, and Latosha Wallace (San Marcos, TX) section 1 winner in the 400m Hurdles with a time of 56.02sec.

May 30-31, 2009
Wrestling World Team Trials
Council Bluffs, IA

The following ASICS Athletes qualified for the 2009 World Championships in Herning, Denmark (September 21-27, 2009) by winning their respective weight division at this weekend's World Team Trials.

Women's Freestyle
Clarissa Chun (Colorado Springs, CO) 48kg/105.5lbs

Men's Freestyle
Jake Herbert (Wexford, PA) 84kg/185lbs

Men's Greco-Roman
Spencer Mango (Marquette, MI) 55kg/121lbs
Harry Lester (Marquette, MI) 74kg/163lbs
Dremiel Byers (Colorado Springs, CO) 120kg/264lbs

May 29-30, 2009
America's Combined Events Cup
Havana, Cuba

Beijing Olympian Sharon Day (San Luis Obispo, CA) won her first international competition over the weekend at the inaugural America's Combined Events Cup at the National Stadium in Havana, Cuba. A clearance of 1.93m in the high jump gave Day the overnight lead against the hometown favorite, Yariadmis Arguellas, with a total score of 3707 points. After event 5, Day lost her lead as Arguellas leapt further in the long jump with Day making up some ground in the 6th event with a longer throw in the javelin. Going into the last event, Day was 44 points behind Arguellas but her 800m time of 2:17.16 was 9 seconds faster giving her a total score of 6063 points. Day's total score is the US leading mark and a personal best by 206 points. Still considered a novice by many as she has only competed in 5 heptathlons in her career, Day will be a threat to make the 2009 World Championship team in 2 events as the schedule will allow her to contest both the high jump and the heptathlon at the upcoming US Championships later this month.

Sharon Day's event marks:
100m Hurdles 14.29sec
High Jump 1.93m
Shot Put 12.92m
200m 24.87sec
Long Jump 5.92m
Javelin Throw 40.19m
800m 2:17.16

Edinburgh, Scotland (May 3, 2009) - In her first international race since breaking her foot at the Beijing Olympic Games, Deena Kastor (Mammoth Lakes, CA) showed she will be a force to reckon with during the summer road racing circuit after she crushed a world class field in this morning's Bupa Great Edinburgh Run.

Running in Scotland for the time, Kastor found the course to her liking as it resembled much of the same uphills and downhills she trains in everyday in Mammoth Lakes. Her winning time of 32:38 over 10K was 36 seconds better than the 2nd place finisher as she ran unchallenged from the 2K mark all the way to the finish line.

Kastor said that she still doesn't feel 100% fit after taking almost an eight month layoff from racing. She did not worry as much about the tough course as she focused more on the competition she ran against. "Fortunately it is what I'm used to back home and I always run stongly on hills.". Kastor added that her foot felt great in practices so she did not anticipate any problems with it during the race. "The only thing I was questioning before coming over to race here was being mentally tough because I'd been away so many months."